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That subject was deleted from this year's encyclopedia. Unfamiliar with Namibia, Bill had to look up its entry in the encyclopedia.
The subject of al- Zahrawi's encyclopedias was medicine.
The subject of al- Zahrawi's encyclopedias was medicine.
An encyclopedia is a set of books containing articles on various topics, in alphabetical order. The books cover all branches of knowledge and all aspects of each subject. Originally a French work published in the 18th Century
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Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge has written: 'Encyclopedia of World Regional Geology (Part 2)' 'The encyclopedia of world regional geology' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, Geology 'The encyclopedia of oceanography' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, Oceanography
Carl Sifakis has written: 'Encyclopedia of gambling' -- subject(s): Gambling, Encyclopedias 'The mafia encyclopedia' 'The dictionary of historic nicknames' -- subject(s): Biography, Dictionaries, Nicknames, Bijnamen, Biographies, Sobriquets 'Crimes and the Rich and Famous' 'Encyclopedia of gambling' -- subject(s): Gambling, Encyclopedias
Joseph L. Reichler has written: 'The 1986 Baseball Encyclopedia Special' 'The Baseball encyclopedia' -- subject(s): Baseball, Statistics, Honkbal 'The Baseball Encyclopedia' 'Baseball's unforgettable games' -- subject(s): Baseball, History 'The baseball record companion' -- subject(s): Records, Baseball
Information contained in an encyclopedia need not be accurate.
The noun 'encyclopedia' is not a standard collective noun for something specific.The noun 'encyclopedia' can be used as a collective noun for any subject or type of information, usually in book form but sometimes used for a person or something else.Examples:The library has an encyclopedia of general information.He wrote an encyclopedia of earthworms.My mother is an encyclopedia of quaint quotes.This marsh is an encyclopedia of wetland lifeforms.
Encyclopedias are great tools for research. The two main types of encyclopedia books are general and subject. General encyclopedias cover a wide range of topics. Subject encyclopedias contain information on just one field of study. Another example is an online encyclopedia.